. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 960 LYCORIS BB. Fh. hrirjht red. radiita, Herb. (JVerhie Japinica, Miq.). Bulb glo- bose, IJ^ in. diam.; neck short: Ivs. produced in win- ter, linear: stamens much longer than the perianth seg- ments. China and Japan. 7:596 (us Amaryllis ra- diata). 13:211.
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 960 LYCORIS BB. Fh. hrirjht red. radiita, Herb. (JVerhie Japinica, Miq.). Bulb glo- bose, IJ^ in. diam.; neck short: Ivs. produced in win- ter, linear: stamens much longer than the perianth seg- ments. China and Japan. 7:596 (us Amaryllis ra- diata). 13:211. âThe perianth segments are more recurved than in any other species. The tube is very short, while in all the other kinds here described it is K in- long. W. M. Lycoris aurea has been cultivated for many years in American gardens, though it is not a common plant. Lately, with large importations of L. radiata, the in- terest in the genus has widened. These species have the handsomer flowers, and are preferably cultivated un- der glass, though the bulbs are probably hardy in warm, protected borders, at least they have more than once. 1341. Lycoris squamigera ( been frozen in pots at Elizabeth, N. J., without ap- parent harm. In its habitat in China, i. aurea rests in the wet season, and the most success in culture has been found in ,. In- ii in n warmhouse, taking care to cultivate tht- 1 ' â - I i -t the bulbs in warmth and moist earth, r .m ral directions may be followed for y>. /" . > j h all bulbs, a vigorous growth of foliagu i,,-, lu the future appearance of flowers. L. squawiticra aud L. sanguiiiea are per- fectly hardy ; their leaves appear in March, mature and disappear. The flowers come in the nature of a surprise in July and August. The former species has a columnar scape 2-3 ft. tall and a cluster of large, ama- ryllis-like flowers, of a bright rosy purple, rather attrac- tive in the back row of a garden, but not of first rank. L. sanguiiiea has
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